Prostate-specific antigen testing accuracy in community practice

Prostate-specific antigen testing accuracy in community practice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most data on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing come from urologic cohorts comprised of volunteers for screening programs. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of PSA testing for detecting prostate cancer in community practice.&...

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Main Authors: Adams-Cameron Meg, Gilliland Frank D, Hoffman Richard M, Hunt William C, Key Charles R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-10-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
Subjects:
Prostatic neoplasms
prostate-specific antigen
sensitivity and specificity
ROC curve
likelihood functions
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/3/19

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